Nixon
Administration
Review Activity
1. OPEC’s 1973 embargo on oil shipments to the
U.S. resulted in….
1. Problems with the
Soviets
2. Higher inflation at
home
3. A war in the Middle
East
4. Anti-Arab U.S. policy
Nixon’s Southern Strategy included…
1. Increasing Money to enforce
Fair Housing
2. Easing guidelines for
desgregation
3. Supporting extension of the
Voting Rights Act
4. Supporting busing for
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3. In foreign affairs Nixon’s greatest accomplishment
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1. Abandoning realpolitik
2. Détente with the
U.S.S.R and China
3. Establishing the Peoples
Republic of China
4. Ending the war in
Vietnam with victory
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diplomatic ties between the
U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
3. The superpowers could reach
agreements related to arms
control
4. There were deep rifts within
the Communist world
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5. The Plumbers and CREP were formed to….
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Work with the FBI and CIA
Investigate illegal activities
regarding the break-in
Befriend those on the
enemies list
Ensure an overwhelming
victory for Nixon in 1972
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6. One outcome of the Watergate scandal was the…
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Resignation of Gerald Ford
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7. What did Nixon do to try to halt inflation plaguing the
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The FBI wanted info about the
Democratic presidential
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9. Nixon’s staff is known for its…..
1. Sense of humor
2. Openness to reporters
and other outsiders
3. Limited role in making
policy
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10. To solve the nagging problems of inflation and
unemployment Nixon called for….
Deficit Spending
A balanced budget
Higher interest rates
Cuts in oil production
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11. To halt the growth of government spending, Nixon tried
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1. Cut social programs
2. Discourage
consumerism
3. Cut the defense budget
4. Secure corporate
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12. Henry Kissinger served President Nixon as…
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Secretary of State
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13. Nixon wanted to use America’s friendship with China to
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Increase American
exports
Weaken American labor
unions
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14. In response to the publication of the Pentagon Papers,
Nixon approved…..
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An investigation of the
Pentagon
Kissinger’s apology to the
Soviet Union
The hiring of Daniel Ellsberg
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15. The Trial and sentencing of the Watergate burglars led
to ….
1. Testimony to a Senate
Committee about White
House involvement
2. The firing of Bob
Woodward
3. An attempt by Sirica to
release the defendants
4. Ford’s pardon of Nixon
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16. Nixon had the special prosecutor fired when he
asked Nixon to…..
1. Release secret
audiotapes
2. Pay hush money to E.
Howard Hunt
3. Call the FBI for help
4. Apologize to the DNC
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17. Nixon’s Chief of Staff
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John Dean
John Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
John Mitchell
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18. Republican Vice President forced to resign in
1973
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Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
Archibald Cox
Patrick Grey
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19. Nixon’s new partnership between federal and state
governments
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20. Attorney General under Richard Nixon
William Rehnquist
Warren Burger
John Mitchell
John Dean
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